Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-13288 (CCN-165774)

Assigned:2019-06-02
Published:2019-06-02
Updated:2020-08-24
Summary:In Xpdf 4.01.01, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack. This is similar to CVE-2018-16646.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-674
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-13288

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-cve201913288-dos(165774)

Source: CCN
Type: GitHub Web site
stack-overflow_dos_Parser__getObj

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PanguL4b/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/stack-overflow_dos_Parser__getObj

Source: CCN
Type: Xpdf Web site
Xpdf

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:4.01.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.01.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2019132880000000
    V
    CVE-2019-13288 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2019-07-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2019132880000000
    V
    CVE-2019-13288 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2019-07-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2019132880000000
    V
    CVE-2019-13288 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-07-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2019132880000000
    V
    CVE-2019-13288 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2019-07-04
    BACK
    glyphandcog xpdfreader 4.01.01
    xpdfreader xpdf 4.01.01